Gearing for washing-machines.



WILLIAM BUTHVEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GEARING FOR \VA$HING'MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 11929.

Application filed September 28, 1908. Serial No. 455,114.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, WILLIAM RUTHYEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing for \Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is concerned with a novel mechanism primarily designed for transforming the swinging movement of the operating lever of a washing machine into the reciprocating rotary movement of the stirrer or heater shaft and the continuoushighspeed rotary movement of the fly wheel associated therewith to give evenness and ease of operation to such machines despite the reciprocating movement of the main parts thereof.

To illustrate my invention, 1 annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in which the same ref erence characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; andFig. 3 is a detail .as by the screws or bolts 16.

view in section on the line A-A of Figs. 1 and 2.

My invention is adapted to be employed in connection with a tub 10 of the ordinary construction, which is supported at a suitable height by legs, not shown, and which has the lid 11 hinged thereto, as at 12, and the entire gearing is preferably carried by said lid, so that when it is raised the gearing moves with it. The beater shaft, the upper end of which is indicated in dotted lines at 13, is journaled in the bearing indicated by dotted lines at 14, formed near the inner end of the bearing casting 15, which is secured to the lid in any suitable manner, This beater shaft carries on, the upper end the pinion 17, likewise indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

'lhehandle lSis secured in the socket 19 of the lever casting 20, whichhas the bearing aperture by which the lever is mounted to swing on the bearingpin 21 projecting hori zontally from one corner of the casting 15, This lever casting 20 has projecting downwardly therefrom the arm 22 carrying the eccentric pin 23, which has the link 24- pivoted thereon at one end, the other end of said link being pivoted upon the eccentric bearing pin 25secnred to the gear wheel 26,

which is mounted on the horizontal bearing pin 27 projecting from the end of the cast cured thereto or formed integrally therewith the pinion 30, which meshes with the gear wheel 26, so that as the handle or lever 18 is swung, the fly wheel 29 will be rotated at a high rate of speed to furnish the necessary momentum for an even and easy operation of the machine. The lever casting 20 likewise has formed thereon, opposite to the arm 22, anotherarm 31, which contains a bearing socket '32, the arm 31 being at the proper angle to the bearing stud 23, and the socket 32 being set at the proper angle in the arm 31 so that it can cooperate with the bearing pin 33 extending into the socket and carried by the jointed portion 34 of a lever which is pivoted on a bearing stud projecting vertically upward from the frame casting 15. This jointed lei'cr consists of the outer jointed portion 3%, which has the i yoke-shaped-inner end 36 by which it is pivoted upon the pin 37 passing through the sqnai'edsocket 38 of the portion of the lever that has no vertical movement. This lastmcntioned portion 39 of the lever extends to the center of the machine, and is provided with the segmental teeth 40, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which are preferably located beyond the pinion 17 with which the teeth engage, and a downwardly projecting flange etl, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, is preferably provided to strengthen the portion 39 of the love and inclose the meshing teeth, so that there is no danger of anything being caught therein.

The operation of the complete apparatus will be readily apparent, as it will be seen that when the lever 18 is reriprocated, the link connections with the spur go: and the iiy wheel 29 will cause tl utter to be rotated at 'a high rate of speed, and at each reciprocation of the lever 18, the jointed arm 34 of the jointed. lever will swing through a curved are made up by the horizontal movementuponthe bearing stud 35 and the vertical movement on the bearing stud 37, which vertical movement, of course, is necessary to accommodate the rising and falling of the position of the socket 32 as the lever 18 is reciprocated. The portion 39 of the jointed lever, of course, is swung through heel 26 a gear wheel pivoted on the pin said pinion, r:

eciproca for a proper angle, and causes the in the cos with the 1 o l, a mission lCYt J pi oted on the pin 35} 21nd having gear teeth at his inner end in shing with the pinion, and the. jointed arm at; its outer end having a. pin 33 engaging the socket 3:3.

27 and havthe i. a lllllt coni'nzrtii ing" an eccentric pin 3 havn.

pins 23 and and a fly wheel,

,pinion 30 formed on the hnh thereof mounted on the pin 2'? and meshing with the gear wheel. snhstnntiially a. and for the purpose described.

2: in a dev' of the class dvscriheth the oomhinalion w i1 'l rame hnving 'a hori zontal hearing stnd thereon, a vertical hear-- ing aperture ther in, and a vertical l'ioaring stud hetweun the vel't'iril 'ziporl'nro: ol :1 stirrer shalt; ioni naled in the hearing aperture. a pinion on said shall: a ioiniud transmission lovnr lm ing gear teeth at one mid meshing with tl pinion; a lly wheel, :1. pinion set-nrcd to t'l ily wheel, a gear "w i:,..l moshing with tl fly-wheel pinion, a pitman connected to the gear wheel; and a tlnreatrmedlever t'nlrrnmed on the horizontal hoaring stnd, one arm oonnu, .(itl with the join't'ed t'rnnsmi. ion lover, another with the pit'man. and the third heing for the 'nrndle.

3. In :1 derive of lhe (lass descrihed. the romhination of a stirrer shalt and a pinion 'Lheleon, of a jointed transmission lever ha vin gear teeth at one end in hing wilh said inion, :1 iv wheel, a pi: n h wheel, a gear whorl nneshing with 11m ll v wheel pinion, n pitman oonnvrted to the gum wheel; and a tln'ee-arinml lever. one arm (:oni'iootod with the jointt-d transmission levt-r, another with the pitman. and the lhi'rd living for the handle.

in a doviro oi the (lHSH dost'riht-d, lho romhination with a siirror shall and a pinion illt'i'oon, o a jointed trztnsinission lever having tor-1h at ono mid nn-shing with fly wln-r a pinion secured to horizontal stnd and tln ote d memher,

the fly wheel, a gen? wheel meshing with the tiyvheel pinion, an r-rcenlarir pin on said gear wheel; and a three-armed lever, one arm etmnerted with the o'inted transmission lever, another with the CtCtlllil'lt' pm on the gear wheel, and rho third hrlng tor the handle.

5. In a (lOVlCt oi the class described, the

oomlnnatton with a sfirrer shaft" and pinion 's rnred thereon; of a jointed transmission lever; a lly wheel, a pinion secured to the fly wheel, a genr wheel meshing with the fly-whorl pinion having an eccentric pin; a three-armed lever, one arm connected with the errent'rie pin on the gear wneel, a second heing eonnert'ed to the jointed 't-rnnslever. and the third being for the antially as and for the purpose 13. in a d Jr of llie (lass described, the romhmation wnh n stirrer shaft and pinion varried thcrehy, .oii'ia' hire-armed lever, one nrm havingn socket, the second heing f dapted to he cennested to the fly-wheel.

gearing, and the third serving for the handle, a )Ollliuti transmissionlever having gear lveth at one end meshing with said pinion,

and a pin at the other end engaging the socket on the three-armed lever, a fly wheel, and connections hefiween the second arm of the operating lever and the fly wheel for rapidly rotating thelatter.

T. In a devive of the class descrihed, the romhination with a. stirrer shaft, of a threearmed operating lever, one arm having a socket. on second adapted to he ronnert't-d with the iii-wheel gearing. and thefithird for the handle, n jointed transmission lever having a pin at one end engaging the sorkot, gearing hetwron the miller rod of said ltwvr and the stirrer shaft, so that the reciprocalion oi the lever gives the stirrer shalt a reelproratory rolntion, a fly wheel, and min luv-lions hetween the second arm of the operating lever and the fly wheel for 'apidly rotaling the latter.

8. in a devire of the class desrrihed, the comhinat'ion with t stirrer sh: ft, of n piva jointed transmission lever whose axis is at right; angles to that of the pivoted nrmher, roimm-tions between the pivoted mvmhe; and the end of the transmission levrr having the compound swinging movement. and ronnoot'ionn; hetween the stirrer shaft and Ahe other end having the simple swinging movement, to transform the- 'ether of said arms, a jointefi transmissien lever havmg teath at we end meshmg with ion carried thereby, of rocking element havmg iwo arms, one arm havmg an apertan-e therem a crank -3m canned b the 1 carried by the framfi for the rocking el'men and the gear wheel and amending at l'igh angles to 16 first mentioned stud, and a pitmzm pivoted t0 tha crank pin of 2 making eiament and to the eccentric pin 0 said pinion. and. a pin at tile ather end pass- I the gear wheel.

ingthrough said aper'zure, a'wheel, pmion In witness vherecrf I have Q'QIEHHi Q set 29 carried by the wheel, a gear whee having my hand and afiixed my seal, this 23rd. day an. escen'tric pin and "meshin with pinof S aptember A. I). 1908. i011 caz'ria by, the Wheel, 2 Imme having a "WILLIAM RUTHVEN. [12. 8.] bearing ap er'im'e therein for the stirmr shafi, Witnesses:

beiuing stud carried by "the frame fer the JOHN HOWARD M ELROY, trmlsmlsszon laver, bearing studs iikewisa M. G. Frczsmmzows. 

